CAREER PREPARATION
JA Inspire (Interactive Experience): Explore careers, network with Arizona employers, and attend panel discussions in JA’s premier virtual career exploration fair!
East Valley institute of Technology (Website): Learn more about getting ready for a future career through EVIT.
JA Getting to Know Excel (Interactive Tutorial): Learn how to use Excel.
JA Getting to Know PowerPoint (Interactive Tutorial): Learn how to use PowerPoint.
JA Getting to Know Word (Interactive Tutorial): Learn how to use Word.
Hour of Code (Website): Use this resource to get to know about coding. A skill becoming higher in demand every day!
Girl’s Hope Boy’s Hope (Website): GHBH scholars are supported from adolescence through college graduation and beyond, offering a holistic spectrum of programming that evolves with the age and needs of youth.
JA The Money Jar Podcast Money Jar Podcasts: Using Grit – Resilience Through Perseverance (Podcast): Cody Coleman overcame significant barriers through mentorship, courage and grit. Cody has used the power of passion and perseverance to discover success – he now holds two degrees from MIT and is a PhD Candidate at Stanford University.
JA Money Jar Podcast: Summer Jobs – Internship Stories from Students (Podcast): Mindy spoke to twin sisters with wide-ranging interests about their internship experiences during the summer of 2020.
JA Grades Count! (Find the accompanying worksheet here) (Interactive Lesson): Do your grades really matter? Explore the consequences of grades and other factors that can affect college options and scholarships.
JA My Way (Interactive Online Activities): Keep your career goals on track through learning about your personality, career options, resumes saving for college, and more!
JA Work Values (Presentation): Explore how to get and keep a job.
JA The Money Jar Podcast: Handling Conflicts and Arguments (Podcast): Disagreements, arguments, and conflict are a part of the human experience. There are ways to disagree productively, though, and it shouldn’t have to be a source of anxiety to bring up a problem in the workplace or at home.
JA The Money Jar Podcast: Emotional Health and Student Success (Podcast): Anxiety is affecting teens at an alarming rate. In this rerun episode, we hear from an expert who explains how students and parents can help promote emotional health and deal with anxiety.
JA How to Create an Elevator Pitch (Activity): How would you pitch yourself to a potential employer? Create and learn how to use an elevator pitch.
JA Project Management (Interactive Tutorial): Learn about project management using different tutorials.
A Quick Guide to Business Etiquette Around the World (Reading): Use this cultural guide to make smart etiquette decisions.